Mild-mannered South Sydney coach Anthony Seibold lost his cool
with reporters on Thursday night, declaring the rabid speculation
over his coaching future a ‘circus’.

Seibold has been linked with a move to the Brisbane Broncos to
replace Wayne Bennett for several weeks.

The rumours intensified on Wednesday when News Limited
journalist James Hooper declared the rookie Rabbitohs coach is
all-but a ‘done deal’ to join the Broncos.

Less than 24 hours later the Courier Mail claimed the Broncos
board is considering offering former Bunnies coach Michael Maguire
a three-year deal, with Bennett to assume a front-office role from
2020.

Conveniently, the rugby league Gods organised a clash between
the above-mentioned Broncos and Rabbitohs at Suncorp Stadium on
Thursday night, with the hosts prevailing 38-18.

Bennett predictably ripped into the ‘fence-sitting’ media
post-match but Seibold’s spray had more of a surprise element.

“Hey listen before I take any questions I just want to make a
statement,” a fired-up Seibold said at the start of his post-match
press conference.

“It's been a circus, the last week, in regards to the
speculation around my coaching career.

“And individually I’m really disappointed. I've been very open
with the media and some of the things that have been said in the
media are just not true.

“I’m not going to answer any questions about the Broncos, I'm
not going to answer any speculation about my coaching career.

“I’m contracted to the Rabbitohs for the next 15 months."

Seibold didn’t go easy on his players either after suffering
their second loss to top-eight opposition in as many weeks.

“You can't go down 18-0 against a quality side,” he fumed.

“We knew Broncos were going to be at their very best tonight and
they were, so we got what we deserved.

“You get what you deserve in this game and we got what we
deserved … we lacked effort tonight, individually and collectively
across our group.”

Seibold confirmed half-back Adam Reynolds will be assessed by
medical staff on Friday but is confident the elbow injury he
sustained isn’t serious, saying the diminutive No.7 was ‘just
bumped around a bit’.